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Date: Mon, 29 Nov 2004 05:10:34 -0500
From: Michael Grant <mg-fbsd3@grant.org>
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Subject: bios disk numbers and device names
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Is there any way to statically assign a device name to a specific disk
so that if the BIOS renumbers the disks (for example if I move around
a controller) so that the devices always come up with the same name?

Michael Grant